| 单词 | tongue-twist |
| 释义 | > as lemmastongue-twist tongue-twist v. (intransitive) to twist the tongue; in quot. to prevaricate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)] haft1519 shuffle1565 dodge1575 palter1580 shift1580 hedge1611 boggle1615 subterfuge1622 prevaricatea1625 to shuffle up and down1633 evade1660 sophisticate1664 janka1689 whiffle1737 tongue-twist1836 caffle1851 pussyfoot1902 sidestep1904 spruce1916 to fudge and mudge1980 1836–48 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Clouds ii. i I shall be lost, unless I learn to tongue-twist. tongue-twist tongue-twist n. a mispronunciation, a provincialism. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > corrupt language > mispronunciation tongue-twist1898 spoonerism1900 Spoonerismus1923 1898 Tit-bits 21 May 150/2 These little tongue-twists..are of such small import. < as lemmas |
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